Ericsson president for Latin America and the Caribbean spoke with Convergencialatina on the obstacles to the development of Internet of the Things in the region. In Brazil, in particular, the executive warned of a danger of deindustrialization, due to the lack of initiatives to encourage the installation of R&D centers. "Another problem is that operators are lagging on the connectivity phase; they do not move towards an industrialization instance and they could be left out thereof, if there appears a disruptive player in IoT", warned the executive.